Firefox Favorites - FC1
Steven Garrity
stevelist at silverorange.com
Thu Jun 24 02:49:41 UTC 2004
salvatore wrote:
> Potentially dumb question.
>
> Its my understanding Firefox stores its favorites in a file called
> bookmarks.html. The files I was able to locate called bookmarks.html
> didnt have the bookmarks the users of the machine have saved...here's
> the output of $slocate bookmarks.html :
>
> ***
> /usr/bin/firefox/defaults/profile/US/bookmarks.html
> /usr/bin/firefox/defaults/profile/bookmarks.html
> ***
>
> These two files hold the standard Firefox favorites, but not any of the
> ones we've saved (there are three users on this particular box). I know
> they're there, as when I launch Firefox as any of the users of this
> machine, I see all of the favs.
>
> Does FF house its bookmarks elsewhere? Thanks.
Yes, Firefox does store bookmarks in the profile directory:
/home/username/.phoenix/default/...
Note that this will changes with Firefox 0.9 to:
/home/username/.mozilla/firefox/default/...
You should fine the bookmarks.html files you're looking for in there.
Steven Garrity
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